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Comparison: Barum Polaris 3 vs. Firestone Winterhawk 3 vs. Yokohama W.drive V905 vs. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 vs. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 vs. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Barum Polaris 3 /0%	Firestone Winterhawk 3 /0%	Yokohama W.drive V905 /0%	Fulda Kristall Control HP2 /64%	Goodyear UltraGrip 9 /0%	Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 /0%

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Segment

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Premium

2. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Premium

3. Firestone Winterhawk 3 Upper-middle

4. Yokohama W.drive V905 Upper-middle

5. Barum Polaris 3 Lowcost

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 88

2. Firestone Winterhawk 3 66

3. Barum Polaris 3 66

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 50

5. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 41

6. Yokohama W.drive V905 8

Number of tests

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 25x

2. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 21x

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 17x

4. Firestone Winterhawk 3 14x

5. Barum Polaris 3 10x

6. Yokohama W.drive V905 10x

Best position in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 1.

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2.

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 2.

4. Firestone Winterhawk 3 3.

5. Barum Polaris 3 3.

6. Yokohama W.drive V905 7.

Worst position in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 9.

2. Barum Polaris 3 16.

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 20.

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 23.

5. Yokohama W.drive V905 24.

6. Firestone Winterhawk 3 32.

Average position in tests

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 3.65

2. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 7.1

3. Barum Polaris 3 10.6

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 12.36

5. Yokohama W.drive V905 14

6. Firestone Winterhawk 3 16

Year of the last test

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2025

2. Firestone Winterhawk 3 2020

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 2020

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 2020

5. Yokohama W.drive V905 2019

6. Barum Polaris 3 2018

Best rating in test

1. Barum Polaris 3 Exemplary

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Exemplary

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Highly recommended

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Highly recommended

5. Firestone Winterhawk 3 Satisfactory

6. Yokohama W.drive V905 Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Good

2. Barum Polaris 3 Satisfactory

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Satisfactory

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Satisfactory

5. Firestone Winterhawk 3 Conditionally recommended

6. Yokohama W.drive V905 Conditionally recommended

Wet

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

89%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

87%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

85%

Barum
Polaris 3

74%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

70%

Yokohama
W.drive V905

68.9%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 B

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 C

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 C

4. Barum Polaris 3 C

5. Firestone Winterhawk 3 C

6. Yokohama W.drive V905 ?

Snow

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

95%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

89%

Barum
Polaris 3

88%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

85%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

85%

Yokohama
W.drive V905

74%

Costs

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

87%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

87%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

83%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

79%

Barum
Polaris 3

78%

Yokohama
W.drive V905

71.8%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 C

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 E

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 E

4. Firestone Winterhawk 3 E

5. Barum Polaris 3 F

6. Yokohama W.drive V905 ?

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

83%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

83%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

80%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

78%

Barum
Polaris 3

75%

Yokohama
W.drive V905

59.4%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 68 dB

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 72 dB

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 ?

4. Firestone Winterhawk 3 ?

5. Barum Polaris 3 ?

6. Yokohama W.drive V905 ?

Dry

(Overall rating)

Yokohama
W.drive V905

91.1%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

87%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

82%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

81%

Barum
Polaris 3

79%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

76%

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These tyres were tested together in 9 test(s). Click to view detailed head-to-head results.

Mutual tests

Autobild Winter tyre test 2018 195/65 R15

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	1-	2+	1	1
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2-	2+	2-
Firestone Winterhawk 3 Rating: Conditionally recommended	3	3+	2+	2+
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Exemplary	2	2	1	2
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: Good	2	2-	1	2
Hankook Winter icept RS2 W452 Rating: Good*	2	2	1-	1-
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2018 195/65 R15

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	34,3	27
Barum Polaris 3	36,7	27,8
Firestone Winterhawk 3	38,2	27,8
Yokohama W.drive V905	36,6	29,5
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	34,8	27,6
Goodyear UltraGrip 9	35,5	27
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	34,9	27,7
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2017 225/50 R17

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2	1-	2+
Firestone Winterhawk 3 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2	2	2-
Yokohama W.drive V905 Rating: Satisfactory	2-	2-	2	2-
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Good	2	2	2+	1-
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2017 225/50 R17

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	32,2	25,9
Barum Polaris 3	35,8	27,6
Firestone Winterhawk 3	36,3	27,9
Yokohama W.drive V905	34,7	28,3
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	35,5	28,1
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	35,9	28,6
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2016 205/55 R16

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	34,2	25
Barum Polaris 3	37,2	26,1
Firestone Winterhawk 3	39,8	27,5
Yokohama W.drive V905	39,9	26,9
Goodyear UltraGrip 9	36,1	25
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	39,1	26,2
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2016 185/65 R15

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Ice	Noise	Wear	Fuel consumption
Best values in test	1,8	1,9	1,7	2,2	2,8	1	1,5
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: -	3,4	2,2	2,1	2,8	3,6	1,5	2,0
Firestone Winterhawk 3 Rating: -	4,6	2,3	2,8	2,6	3,0	2,0	1,8
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: -	2,2	2,5	1,8	2,5	2,9	2,0	1,5
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Rating: -	2,8	1,9	2,6	2,8	4,0	2,5	2,3
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2015 185/60 R15

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	1	2+	1	1
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: Exemplary	2-	2	2+	2-
Firestone Winterhawk 3 Rating: -	2-	2	2	2
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: -	1	2-	2+	2
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2015 185/60 R15

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	36,8	27,7
Barum Polaris 3	40,8	28,6
Firestone Winterhawk 3	41,9	28,9
Yokohama W.drive V905	42,6	29,4
Goodyear UltraGrip 9	36,9	28,6
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Autozeitung Winter tyre test 2015 185/65 R15

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Snow
Best values in test	415	144	136	144
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: -	346	95	116	135
Firestone Winterhawk 3 Rating: -	338	100	112	136
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: Highly recommended	384	135	135	114
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Comparison: Barum Polaris 3 vs. Firestone Winterhawk 3 vs. Yokohama W.drive V905 vs. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 vs. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 vs. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452

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